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VOL. XIX. PICKENS, S. iC, THURSDAY, 1890. NO.
BUYERS AND SELLERS.
DR. TALMACE IN THE TABERNACLE
PULPIT.
HIt Preaches a PracUal Mooaiun un the
1)lifloultfosof 1iusiness Life---mu,u, Ghud
Idet s.
At the service in the Acadomy of
Music sunday morning Dr. Talmage
announced as his textProverl)s 20:14;
"It is naught, it is naught, saith,the
buyer; but when he is gone his way,
then he hoasteth." Following is his
sermon in full:
Palaeos are not such prisons as the
wvorld imaigines. If you think that
the only time when kings and queenss
come forth from the royal gates is in
procession and gorgeously attended,
you are mistaken. Incognito, by
day o by night, and clothed in citi
zens' apparel, or the dress of a work
ing woman they come out and see
the world ais it is. In no other way
could King Solomon, the author of my
t4ext, have known everything tl'at was 1
goi.n; on. From my text I am sure
he must, in1 disguise, somec day have
walked into a store of ready-made
clotluig, in Jerusalem, and stood
near the counter and overheard a
c(onverSation betwesn a buyer and a
seller. The merchant put a price on
a (oat. an.d the customer l)egan to
icker and said: "Absurd! that coat
is ntot worth what you ask for it.
Why, just look at the coarseless of
the fabric! See that. spot on the col
lar! Besides that it does not fit.
Tweniy dollars for that! Why, it
isn't worth over ttrns. They have a
better article than that, and for a
cheip r price, downl at Cloathtml,
F'ito ni & Brothers. Besides that. I
don'u want it at any price. Good
mttorniis:g." "Hold," saya t"h.+ m-r
chaug "don't go oilf in that way. I
want to sell you that coaL. I have
soii' p.yments to make ai I want
the money. Come now, how mucha
will you give me for that coat?"
"W"ll," says the uustomor, "'I will
sjlit the difference. You asked Ie
twenty dollars, and I said ten. Now,
I will give you fifteen." "Well," says
the merchant, "it's a great sacrifice,
but tnkeit at that price." Then Sol
omo; sa w the customer with a roll
under his aria start anld go out and(1
(Uter his own place of )UHiflness, and
Solomiomn in liyguise followed hin.
Ho hoard the customlter a.; lie iuolled
the c"oat say: "Boys, I have made a
great bargain. How much lo you
guess I gave for that. coat?" 1
"\Vell," says one, wish:ng t, coin
pliment his enterprise, "you gave
$30 for it." Another says: "I should
think you got it eheap if you gave1
$25." "No," says the buyer in
triumph, "I got it for $15. I beat
him down and poited out tie im
perfections, until I really mniade him
believe it was not worth hardly any -
thing. It takes me to make a bar
gain. Ha! ha!" Oh man, you got
the goods for less than they we;e ;
worth by positive falsehood: and no ;
wonder when Solomon got back to|
his palace and had put ofrhis disguise,
that he sat down at his writing-desk
and made for all ages a crayon iketch
of you: "It is naught., it is naught.,
saitli the buyer, but when he is gone
his way, then he boasteth."
There are no higher styles of men
in all the world thani those now at
the head of merchandise in Brook
lyn and New York and the
other great cities of this non
tinent. TIheir casual promnise is as
good as a b)ond with piles of collat
orals. Their reputation for in tog
rity is as well established au that of
Petrarch residling in the famiilyof (Car
dlinall CJolonna, and when there was a
great disturbanice in the family the
cardinal called all his people tog'ether,
and put them under oaith to tell the
truth, except P~etrarchi, for, whe.n ho
caime up to swear, the cardinal pu1t
away his book and said, "As to you
Pitr-arch, your word is suflicient.'
N ever since thie world stood have
there boon so mnyinimchats whioso1
transaictionis can standl( the test of the1
t.oniCih conuandmenuts. Such 1bargain- 1
nmakerd a-re all the more to he honored
Iebeuse they havoj withst-ood,year at
ter' year, temUptations whiceh have
flun rg mnlu!y so flat,and flung theom so
hard t hoy can never recover them
selves. While all posRitions ini life
have powerfid besetimonts to evil,
there are specific forms of allure
nient which are peculiar to each oc
c5upaftionl and1 profesision, and it will
be useful to speak of the peculiar
tempta14tionis of buisiniess muen.
First, as ini the scene of the text,
business men are often temnpted to
sacrifice plain truth, the seller by ex
aggerating the value of goods,and the
buyer by dlepreciating thoem. We
cannot buIt admire an expert sales
mani. $1.0 how he firs indullces the
cuistoimer into ai mood( favorab)le t.o
the propMr conisideration of the value
of the goods. He shows himself to
hot amn .hioniet and frank salesman.
How carefully the lights aire arranged
until they fall just right upon the
fabric0! Beginniing with the goods of
meimquality, he gradually advani
cei toadthose of more thorough
torn. I low he watches the muoods
anid whim of his customer! With
what perfect calhness he takes tho
order and bows the puirchasor from
hisprsene,who goes away hiaviing
madou isn mind that ho has
b)ought the goods at a price which
Swill allow himi a living miargin when
ho again sells them. T~he goods are
worth wvhat the salesman said they
werie(, and were sold at a price which
w~ill not maimke it necessary for the
houste to fail every ton years ini ordler
'' to fix up things.
But with what buiruIing indignia
lion wn thin o h m (.,;t,,a-.ta
and wrong, and not commercial
ethics.
Young business man, avoid the first
business dishonor, and you will avoid
all the rest. The captain of a vessel
was walking Iear the mouth of a
river when the tide was low, and there
was a long stout anchor chain, into
one of the great links of which his
foot slipped, and it began to swell
and lie could not withdraw it. The
tide .began to rise. The chain could
not be loosened nor filed oil' Ii
and a surgeon was called to anputt;e
the limb, but before the work could
be done, the tide rolled over the vic
tim, and his life was gone. And I
have to tell you, young man, that just
one wrong into which you slip may
be a link of a long chain of circun
stances from which you cannot be ex
tricated by any ingenuity of your
own, or any help from others, and
the ti(es will roll over you as they
have over many. Vhon Pompey, the
warrior, wan te(1 to take possession of
a city, and they would not o)e1 the
gates, he persuaded then to adnit a
sick soldier. But the sick soldier
after a while got well and strong, and
he threw open the gates and let the
(levastatilg arlml y c'ole in. One
wrong adlaitte(l into the soul may
gain in strength until after a while, it
fiinlgs open ill the avenues of the un
mortal nature, aid tll- surrender is
Comlplete.
Again, husiness 1men are somLetmimes
tulmpted to throw oil' iersonlal respon
sibility upon the m oneyed institution
to whicll they belong. Directors in
bankg 1111(1 iailroads and insurance
companies somietines shirk personal
r('sponlsibility undernieathl the atction
of the corlorat,ion. And how often,
wleIn some banking house or financial
institution explodes through fraud,
respe('tal)le men in the board of direc
tors say: "Why, I thought all was
going on in an homiest way, and I aml
utterly confounded with this misde
meanor! The bni4ks, and the tire
anld lift' and ninlsIIil(' ilsuirlnce coll
paies, and the railroad comlpalics,
will not stand up for judgiient in the
last dany, but those who in them
acted tight,-ti :lv will receive, each for
himself, a rewairl. and those who
acted the part of neglect or trickery
will, each for himself, receive a con1
denlation.
Again, Iany business men have
beein temlpted to post poie their cn
joymeits and dut iex to a fut Iure seas
OnL of entire leisure. W, hat a seda
ti ve the Christian relugiun would be
to all our business mii it, instead of
postpoling its uses to old age or
death, they would take it into store
or factory, or worldly engagenents
now! It is folly to go anid the un
certainties of business life with no
God to help! A nerchant in a New
England village was standing by a
horsi, and the horse lifted his foot to
stamp it in a pool of water, and the
merchant, to escape the splash,
stepped iit.o the door of an uisurtec
agent. and the agent said: "I suppose
you have comlie to renew your fire iii
suraince? "Oh," said the mierchant,
"I had forgottenl that. The inlsur
ance was renewed, and the next day
the house that hand been insured was
burned. \\ais it all atccidental that
the merchant, to ('esalp a splsash froimi a
horse's foot, stepp('d iito the insur.
ance oflic'! No, it was pi'oviden1t ial.
And what a mighty solace for a busi
ness rnan to feel that things are provi
dential! What pea':ce and equjlilibriumn
in such aI constider1ation, andi what a
grand thing if all business muen could
re'alizte it!
Maniy, alt hough n ow compa)uratively
straightened ini wordly circumstan -
ces, haLve a goodly establishment in
the future planned out. They have
in imagination b)luilt abiouit twenty
ye'ars ahead1 a house ini tle country
not diflicuilt of aecess from the great
towni, for they will often have busi
news, 01r old accounts to settle, and
investmen'1ts to look atfter. The house
is large entougli to aLccommiodaLte all
their friends. The halls are wide
and hiung wit h pictures of hunting
scenes' anid a branich of antlers, and
are cOiofotablle withi chuairs that canii
be r'olled out oni the veranda when
the 'veathecr is invitinig, or se't out uni
decr some of the( oaks that stanid semn.
tinel about the house, anml rustling in
the cool breeze, and songful with tihe
robimns. Th'lere is just land enough to
keep them inter'ested, and its crops5of
almost fabulous richness5 sprininug
upi under application of the besit
theories to be formd ini the algricaltu-.
ral journals. 'The farm is wvell stock
'd wvith cat tle and horses, anii Isheep
that know the voice and have a kindly
lheat when on1e goes5 forth to look at
t.hem. Ini this bl1issful abhodle t heir
chil iren will be' inlstruc'ted( ini ar.t amid
seileuce4 anido religion. 'lis shall be
the old1 homiestiad to whlichl the b oys
at college will diriect their letters, and
the hill oni which the house stands
will bet caled (1uk wood 0or .Ivy IHill or
Pleasant . Rtrea or 'i E)'Iagle Evriom
May flhe fuutiire have for ever'iy I)>usi
ness~ muan hiere' all that and mlore be(
sidte! Ih Bu re ou iostpon1 ig your11
happiness to 11tt .iiie? Are you
adljoiuriniug youri joys ti that11 conlsiuin
moation?
Huppitose 1. ta you nsehiieve. alil yonii
expect,-and1 the v'isionii I mienitioni is
niot up ~ to the11 reatlity, hese':t thie
founitainus w%ill be brighter, the house4
grangijer, antheii sceneryi more' Ji
Iiiuesque - thei m iiist ake is noun' theio
less fatal WVhat chiarmi will t here lhe
ini riural ojuiet for a maini who has
tirty or forty ye'ars 1been coniformiig
his enitire nature0 to t hi' e xcit.emenlts
w',ith their bdenl anid mioanu, he4 able' to
silenmce thle inisatialeh spirit of ac
quiisitiveneoss which has for years lia<1
full swing, ini the soul1? Will the hium
of the bree'(t soothe the muan whlo
now ('al tinid his onily enhjOoment ini
the stock iutriket? Will leaf ands cloud
anid founitain charmui11 the eye thait has
ie thrco""thus of a life i.u' fv~..
igems by which goods are sometimes
lisposed of. A glance at the morn
Lug papers shows the arrival at one
>f our hotels of a young merchant
from one of the inland cities. He is
i comparative stranger in the groat
lity, and, of course, he must be
shown around, and it will be the duty
>f some of our enterprising houses to
>scort him. He is a large purchaser
mud has plenty of timo and Iaoney,
mnd it will pay to be very
bttentive. The evening is spent at a
)lace of doubtful amusement. Then
hey go back to the hotel. Having
ust come to town, they must, of
3ourse, drink. A friend from the
mame mercantile establishment drops
n, and usage and generosity suggest
lhat they must drink. Business
)rospects are talked over, and the
strauger is warned against certain
lilapidated mercantile establishments
hat are about to fail, and for such
cindness and magnanimity of cau
ion against the dishonesty of other
)usiness houses, of course it iS ex
)ected they will-and so they do
hey take a drink. Other nerchants
odging in adjoining roomis lind it
tard to sleep for the clatter of decanu
ers, and the COurse carousal of tlhesso
'hail fellows well met" waxes louder.
3;lt they sit not all night at time wine
up. They must see the sights.
rlhey staggcr forth with cheeks
lushed and eyes bloodshot. 1'he
>uter gates of hell open to let in the
'ictims. Thu wings of lost souls flit
mong the lights,aid the steps of the
arousers sound with the rumbling
hunders of the damned. Farewell
o all the sanctities of home! Could
nother, sister, father, slumbering in
he inland home, in SOeIC viSiont of
Light catch a glimpse of the ruin
rought they would reld out their
inir by roots and bite the tongue till
be blood spurted, shrieking out:
God save him.
Vimt, s1p)l)pOC you, will come 111)11
Ic"h bussine ss e'stcablishlelts? and
here' are hundreds of thet inl the
ifties. T'hey mammy boast. of fabulous
ales, and they llay have anm untpre
'dtntecl run of buyers, alnd the miname
f the house inay be a terror to all
ivals, and from this thrifty root there
may spring up branch houses in other
ities, and all the partners of the firm
nay move into their mansions and
lrive their full-blooded span, and the
.mnilies may sweep the street with
he most elegant apparel that hulman
Lrt ever wove, or earthly magnificence
iver achieved. But. a curse is gath
sring somuewlere for those men, and
f it does not seize hold of the pillars
(md in one wild ruin bring down the
emple of commercial glory, it, will
>reak up their peace, and they will
remble with sickneus and bloat with
lissipations, an(d, pu9hed to the pre
ipice of this life,they will try to hold
)ack, and cry for help, but no help
vill come, and they will clutch their
told to take it along with them, but
t will be snatched from their grasp,
:nd a voice will souid through their
oul, "Not a farthing, thou beggared
pirit! And the judgment will cone
nd they will stand aghast before it,
ndcl all the business inictt'itiesof a life
ime will gather around them, saying,
'Do you remnemuber Ihis?" amid "Do
ou remember that?" And clerks
hat they compelled to disholesty,
nd runners and draynen and hook
eepers who saw behind the scenes,
v'ill bear testimony to their nefarious
leeds, andl sOmeC virtuous soul that
nee stood aghast at the splendor and
>ower of these business men will say:
'Alas! this is all that is loft of that
treat firm that occup)iedl a block with
lir merchandise and overshadowed
he city with their influence, atnd miade
'ighteousness and truth and purity
all under the galling fire of avarice
md( crime."
While we adumire and approve of all
ceuteness andI tact in the sale of
oods, we must condemni any pirocess
y~ which a fabric or p)rodumct is repmre
4ented as possessing a value which
t really does3 not have. Nothing but
iheer' falsehoodl canL rep)resenit as per'
ectioni boots that rip, silks ihat
peedily lose their luster, calicoes
bhat inuniodiately wash out, stoves
hat crack uinder the first hot fire,
>ooks insufficiently bound1(, carpe)ts5
hmat unmravel, old furiitue reju
renated with p)ut ty and glue and sold
is having beeni recently muanufac
uired, gold watches umade ouit of brass,
)arroels of fruit, tihe biggest aLpples on1
bop; wine adulterated with strychin e,
iosiery poorly woven, cloths of do
nestic manufacture shiuning with
oreign labels, imported goods repr'e
4ented as rare and hard to get, he4
'ause foreign exchange is so high,
olled1 out on the counter with imatch
ess display. Imphlorte'd indeed! but
riom tile factory ini tihe neOx str'e(t.
& p)attern already uinfashionmable ando
L1nsalale p[allned off as a new pr'in t
Llponl some counmtry, umerchant who has
s'omne to town to miake his first pur-'
abiase of dry goods4 and going home
with a lar'ge stock of goods wairamnt ed
to keep.
There are' a hmundred practices pre
valent imi the world of traflic which
:mlghlt never t.o b)ecomne the rule for
bonest mencm. Their wrong de's niot
make your right. Sin never bei(01come
virtue b)y beinig nmltiplhied andS adl
mnitted. ait b)rokers' b ioard or' mer(
rhats' exchiange. Bemcauise ot.hiers
umuggle a few, things ini passeniger
trunks, because others take ulsuruy
whenl men'I are inl tight p)lae's, h)eeause'
others deal in fancy stocks, because
cAlbers palha off worthdess ind(orse
moents, b)ecause others (10 nothing bult
blow bubbles, do nout, thermefor'e, b)e
overcome of temaptationi. Htollow pr'e
tension and( fictitious credit anid (rom4
mercial gambling may awhile pr1osper,
but the day of reckoning conmeth, and(
in adldition to the hiorr'or and( ('on
deimnation of outr'aged1 conilunnities
the curse of Goed wvill come, blow
after b)low. God1's will forever aLnd
foreveri ten o sandsa,.d of ..:~ui
its chief beauty in hogshoads and
bills of sale? Will parents be com
petent to rear their children for high
and holy purpose, if their infancy and
boyhood and girlhood were neglected,
when they are almost ready to enter
upon the world and have all their
hal its fixed and their prmnciples
stereotyped? No, no; now is the time
to be happy. ' Now is the time to
serve your Creator. Now is the time
to be a Christian. Are you too busy?
I have known mIen .is busy asyou are
.o had a place in the store-loft
whc_ !hv went to pray. Some one
asked a Chlrist,!i .u.tlor where he
found a place to p iy in. He said:
"I can always find a (j:iet place at
mIsthead.'" And in the huciest (lay
in the season, if your heart is right,
you can find a placo to pray. Broad
way and Ful ton 4t reet are good.places
to pray i toi a yu go to meet your
viLusl)5 emlgael1e1tR. Go homne a
little earlier and gd1t introduced to
your dl! i1. (Al. lie nut a gallery-slave
by day i: n:iiglt, inhed fast to the
oar of :,.:=in1. . .l,: every day llavo
its hour of worshi) ind1 intellectual
culture and recreation. Show your
self greater than your business. Act
not as though after death you would
enter upon an eternity of railroad
stocksJand coffee and ribbon. Roast not
your llanhood before the perpetual
fires of anxiety. With every yard of
cloth you sell, throw not in your soul
to boot. Use firkin, counting room,
desk and hardware crate as the step
to glorious usefulness and Christian
character. Decide once a'nd forever
who shall be master in your store, you
or1 your busines.
Menl appreciate the iiportance of
having a good business stand, a store
on the right sile of the street or in
the right block. Now every place of
)usiness is a good stand for spiritual
culture. God's angc is hover over the
world of traffic to sustain and build
up t hose who are trying to do their
duty. 'o-morrow, if in your place of
worldl} engageuent you will listen
for it. you will hear a sound louder
than the rattle of drays and the
shufille of feet and the chink of dol
lars, stealing into your soul, saying:
"Seek ye first the kingdom of God
and lbs righteousness, and all other
things shall be added unto you." Yet,
soie of those sharpest at a bargain
are cheated out of their immortal
blessedness by stratagems more pal
pable than any "drop game' of the
street. They make investments in
things everlastingly below par. They
put their valuables in a safe not fire
proof. They give full credit to in
lluences that will not be able to pay
one cent on a dollar. Trhe)y plunge
into a labyrinth from which no bank
rupt law or "two-thirds enactiient"
will ever extricate them. They take
into their partnership the world, the
flesh and the devil, and the enemy of
t ighteousness will boast through eter
nal ages that the man who in all his
business life could not be outwitted
or over-reached, at last tumbling into
spiritual defalcation, and was swin
dlled out of heaven.
Perhaps some of you saw the fire
in New York in 1835. Aged men tell
us that it beggared all description.
Some stood on the house-tops of
Brooklyn, and looked at the red ruin
that swept down the streets, and
threatened to obliterate the mnetrop
olis. But the commercial world
will yet be startled by a greater cont
flagration, oven the last. Bills of ex
change, policies of insurance, muort
gages and bonds and government
securities, weill be consumed in One
lick of the flame. The bourse and
United States miint will turn to ashes.
Gold will run molten into the dust of
the street. Exchanges anda granite
blocks of merchandise will fall with a
crash that will make the earth trem
bile. Th le flashing-up of the great
light will shko'e the righteous the way
to their thrones. Thleir* best treas
ures in heaven, they will go up and
take p)ossession of them. The toils of
bus1iness5 life, which racked their brain
and rasp51ed their nerves for so iimny
years, weill h ave forever ceasedi."Thero
the wickedl cease from t roub linkg, and
VWhiy She Called a Halt.
"George!'
It was't what she said so much as
the way in which she said it. She
took the word and1( drew it out until
it was a 101n -, tre:uiulous filament of
sweetness. '(4ti there was a tingle of
reproof ink her tone.
"George!" ShIe only3 saidl it once
inl reality, bt it is customary weithk
story writers to say George twice unm
der' the (ciremintancees.
"Whalkit is it?"
"You have been squeezing my hand
with great~ regularity and( emphasis
for som11 time."
"'I know it,'' he replied, with the
frankness that was characteist ic of
is muanly nature.
"P.lease dlon't (10 it anly more," amnd
her v'oice drVopped( almiost into a whis
"'No miore?" Tlhiis sounided liko heart
thirobis of alnguish (whate ver they are)
and11 his foinl shoo0k with emnotion .
"Why3 no01t?"
"hecaumse" shte falt.ered.
"(Go oni."
"Bec'tausea, I'mk got tinig a1 cort linguy
lttle linger.'
Thle Right HyIrit.
Visitor: "'You're, getting to be a
p)retty' oldi mian, Uincle Johua."
Unle( fJoshuai: "Ebighty years.''
Visitor; "And( y'ou don't have to
use glasses yet, I undterstaid."
Uncle Joshua: "NO, all' I don't
eveni calculate to. W~ehen I can't drink
outeniI as battle, I'll takadiern
-The1( Senate CommIlittee on Naval
A ffairs lmis aigreed'( to report favorably
Senator Butler's bill for thke con
struction of a1 dry (lock at P'ort Roy
A BRAVE TEXAN.
HE CAVE HIS LIFE IN DEFENCE OF A
WOMAN.
The Ctorv ( ouuocted With a Lonely Urave
!(var hwberr - 'bhe lravo .1an Dig"
UlI Gravo - tmeteul Icede of (hlvalry
I .aII.d.
I). A. )ickurt. In the At.Ianta (.unstution.
NEwBERIY, S. C., April 13.--A little
mound near the cotton mills in Now
bem ry, S. C., covers the remains of
one who has loft an eternal monu
mont to the South's chivalry. His
name is unknown. Imnediately af
ter the close of the war the negro
troops belonging to Sherman's army
woro marched by diflorent routes to
Port toyal and Charleston, there to
be disbanded. The night of which I
speak, a regiment of negro troops
were encamuped in Newberry, near
the railroad depot.
The town had )een )luldered, and
her citizens subjected to all the in
dignities that a (runken negro mob
could offer. A government train was
then ruiing from a point twenty
five miles north of Columbia to
Greenville to carry soldiers and refu
gees as near their homes as possible.
This night as the train slowed up at
the depot it was inunediat,ly sur
rounded by a drtunken, howling
crowd of negro soldiers. On board
the train were two ladies. The ne
groes swarmed through the cars like
a set of demons set free from the in
fernal regions, while white soldiers
on board were helpless and at their
mercy. \W'hat a place for two help
less Women without friends or pro
tectors!
- In the coaeh with the ladies was a
soldier, and from his dress and de
meanor, one would judge him to be
from Texas. He was tall and stately,
)iercing black eyes, while his mas
sive head of hair well became his
brawny face. lie plauily showed
that lie had been a determined fol
lower of the lost cause. In their
wild carouse one of the drunken ne
groes calue to where the ladies sat
anld conuenced to offer insults and
indignities to the younger, too re
volting in their nature for rehear
sal. In trying to release herself frot
his loathsome embrace, she cried out
in despair: "My God, have I no
friend; will no one protoct me'?" In
a monient a voice was heard in the
rear end of the coach: "Yes, I will
protect you, if I die for it." The tall
form of the unknown Texan was
seen rapidly approaching along the
aisle. His eyes shone in the dim
light like those of the wild beast
ready to spring upon its prey. The
blade of a knife was seen to glitter
above his head and with a mighty
blow was buried to its hilt in the
breast of the black ruflian With a
wild yell he leaped from the car and
fell dead 111)011 the side-track.
The stranger quietly walked out of
the coach at the other end, and step
pe i fev paces away, under cover of
the darkness, and waited develop
nents. He had not long to wait.
All the imps of darkness turned loose
could not have equalled the uproar
and tunult this deed created. Word
flew to camp that one of their comn
rades had b)een nmrdercd by a Cn
federate soldier. A wild rush was
made for the train, and for a few
moments it looked as if all on board
would beC put to death. Search was
muadle for the murderer, declaring
that if found he would be putt to
dleath at on1ce. The straniger stood
but a few feet away, (luietly listening
to his death sentence, as the soldiers
madily rushed by. At last one0 dc
clared he had found the mian; he
seized one of the officials of the rail
road, anid others coming up, with
equalt positiveniess swore to his iden
tity. Violent hands were lain up)on
the innmocenit mian, wilie the drutnke~n
mass that crowded atrounid hi m seens
od as if they would crush him to
death. IIis vain lead1ings of inno10
cenlce were drowned by the wild yells
of tihe srt'ginlg crowd. He was being
carr'1ied away for execution. WAhere
was the unknownl Texan? lie hatd
showni his courage, now would he
waver ini tihe face of immedliato
dleathl? With his hland1 he had 1)ro
tectedi the p)ersont of defenceless
wvomn, by dyeinig it ini the blood( of
her assailanits, wVould lhe standi by anmd
see ani innocent man11 (lie in his steadl?
With cahnll (dlibI.erationi, without
anmy emotion whatever, ho made his
wa1y to the mnadd(enedl crowd, and
with a loud voice said: "TIurn this
manti loose, he is ininocenit. I am tihe
one who dlid it-now do your worst!"
This gave niew impe)tuJs to) the dirunken
crowdI, andI( he( waL Ihurried away to
camip. A dr tumhleadl court-martial
was convened, anid 1he was conldemni
edl to be( immeildiately shiot. WVhilo
he was b)eing tried1, word flow like
lightning over the to)wn that at white
manl was to 1be shot, and( every negro
that could possibly go came rushing
into camp andl sur'round1od the brave
TeJxanI, offerinig himii every isult andi
indignity that their wicked souls
could invent. The negro women
ou1tdidl the men(1 in rejoicing over the
fate of the prisone'r. Eveni theo blood
thirsty and1 cruel Queen Esther couldl
not have rejoiced Imore ove'r her cap
tives.
At half-past twelve a spade was
given the condemned and lhe was order
ed to dig his grave.@ Selecting a spot
near the brow of the hill,becomlmen.ed
the hieartrenidinig task of digging his
own grave. Spadeful after spadlefuml
was thrown upJ, unttil three feet is
reached. Then stand(inlg ('rec tand
stretching out his arms, he said: "I
am ready." A breathless stillness
for a momont prevailed. The comn
mnand fire was given-a volley rings
')nt and the brave Toxnn fall dnna
in his grave, amid tho deafening
shouts of the multitude, leaving be
hind him the grandest tribute to
Southern chivalry-men who [give
their lives to protect the honor of
unknown women.
DICK WINTERSMITH OF KENTUCKY.
Two Storiee About Him Which Make Con
grees men Laugh.
WASHINGTON, April 17.-Hard fight
ing on the floor of the House produces
good stories. 'The rougher the ground
the better the crop. At the end of a
vicious spat in the House some sol
emn statesman usually secures the
floor and dulls the intellectual atmos
phere with platitudes. This drives
the bright fellows into their restau
rant or elsowhere. The pie eater of
the West, the bean consumer of the
East, the "chitling" masticator of the
Gulf States, the terrapin admirer of
the Eastern Shore, retail many an
amusing story while smacking their
lipe over their beer, ice water, whis
key or champagne. There were a
great many of these stories told in
the restaurant during the Oklahoma
debate.
One good story of a good man
always brings another of the same
man.
One of Col. Dick Wintersinith of
Kentucky was retailed. It is said
that not long ago he went to John
Chamberlin's hotel for breakfast. He
indulged in breakfast and onions. The
steak was succulent and the onions
were crisp and not greasy. The Col
onel ojoyed the mal hugely. After
swallowing an extra cup of coffee he
called for his check. It amounted to
over $2. He protested strenuously,
saying that it was an outrageous
price. John Chamberlin laughed at
him and ofierel to "chalk his hat."
The Colonel, however, with true Ken
tucky hauteur, refused the faver. i-lu
paid the bill. Not long afterward an
acqxuaintance enturod. Turning to the
Colonel, he said:
"My appetite is a little off this
imoring. I hardly know what to or
der for breakfaat.
The Colonel advised him to try
beefsteak and onions.
"There is nothing niore pialat,aable,
his friend responded, "and nothing
that would satisfy my appetite sa
well, but 1 have to attend several r
ceptions this afternoon, and aiu afraid
that that the onions will taint ni
breath."
"That needn't trouble you," th<
Colonel replied. "Sit down and or
der your steak and onions. Whe
you get the check for it, it will takt
your breath away."
Another story told of Colonel Win
tersmith is well worth repeating.
When the Colonel first went to Wash
ington, many years ago, lie strolled
up to the Capitol. While wander
ing through the corridors lie acci
dentally stumbled into the publhi
gallery of the United States Sen
ate.
The galleries were packed. Charles
Sumner was making a speech, Every
body listened with breathless interest,
When Mr. Suner closed, Garrett
Davis arose. Mr. Davis enjoyed the
nickname of Garrulous Davis. As i
began to speak there was a rush fron]
the galleries. Colonel Win tersmit Ii
was astouinded. He~ 'C~ recgized'( Mr.
MrIi. Davis and became indign:aut.
Drawing a brace of revolvers lie
"(Gent lemen, you wvill please keep:
your seats. The Senator from Ken
tucky is talkinig, and you must hear
him."
Every ixm resmed his seat in
stantly. Among the numiber was anl
old Jerseymian, who wais wedlgedl ini a
front seat between two'( negroes. Gar
rett Davis talked for three hours.
The .Jerseymian drew maliny aL long
breaLth, b)ut lie ne(vor swer'ved. WVhen
thme speeclhi 'was (ee lie waLlked1 up
to Colonel WintersmiithI and withI
some emiotion sid:
"D)id I undl(erst.anid you that it was
the Sein.tor from Kentucky who was
addressing us!"
''Yes, Hir,'"respoitled thes Kenitucky
Colonel; "he was Senator Davis froiti
Kentucky. Have you any fault to find'
with his speech!'
"N---n--no," the JersevmariiLi stam.:
iiuer'ed, "1 ut I wvant to n1k 01ne favor
of you. The n:ext time you catch me
in this gallery when the Senator fr-om
Kentucky aiseHs to speak, pllease
dIon't wairnl lme, but shoot--shoot
right off -the quicke'r the better."
TIhe Cost ofrTying Shoetr Ings.
One of the managers of a big East
ernm kitti ng mill has miado a calcula
t-ioii that the shoestrings of a work
ing girl will come untied three times
per diem, and that a girl will lose
about 50I s'conids every time she
siOOps4 to retie thIem. Mc st of thig
employes lgv e twvo feet, so this entails
a loss of 31)0( se'onda; every day for
each girl. There are about 400) girls
emptloyedl in this factory, and there
fore the gentleman finds that 43,800,
000 seconds are wasitedl in the course
of a year, wvhich time at the aveirage
rate of wages, is worth $943.17 1.
Orders have aiccordhingly been: issued
that the girls miust wear only button
shoes or congress gaiters under pen
alty of dlischarge.
An Unf,iaithf'ul Employee.
LoNDoft, Apr-il, 17.-A sensation
has been caused in Bradford by the
arrest of Francis Stubbs, who was at
the head of the dyeing department ol
the Listor Company, Limitedl, silks
works. It is alleged that lie has comn
mitted frauds amounting to thoums
andls of pounds. It is Oxp)Oeted thai
others will be arrested for complicity)
in thn frauds.
_Zj
SOUTH CAROLINA'S CROPS.
The Condition of the F'arminr Iuterest of
the stato us Indicated by the Iteports to
the i)epartuent of Agriculture.
From the reports of the correspond
ents of the Department of Agricul
ture in all parts of the State the fol
lowing facts have been learned and
the estimates as to the condition of
the crops given therewith been uade
GRAIN.
The acreage in wheat has been de
creased about 7 per cent. below last
year, and the condition is30 per cent.
less than at the same last year, and
has been materially injured by the
Hessian fly. The damage by winter
freezes was nominal. About 9 p-r
cent. of the crop was drilled against
91 per cent. broadcasted. The drilled
wheat is generally reported iii the
better condition. The crop was, as a
rule, sown later than in 1889, the
average date of seeding beingI)ccem
ber 1st. As usual, the early sowing
is reported in better coiditioin than
the late.
The acreage in oats is reported at
about the s1nme as last year and the
condition is 1(; per cilt. below that of
last year. The falling off is attributed
largely to the ravages of the Hessian
fly, and a small percexntage has been
uijured by the late free:.es.
The uercage in both rye and barley
has Ieet slightly reduced and II th
('ondition is iot 50 good as at the
samlle tinie Inl 18S9.
LivE s'Ti)PK.
The 'eiarkably opetn wViliter hias
l)eenI very favorable to ii Ve stock of all
kinds and they:tro rep: ort d its iii gen
erally hit' (OIi*lit iun. The decaths
from winter ('Xpo:sure 1inVe heen nom
inal and ('ontimnt':l to 1ttfew l1calities.
The perenitage of loss fiot liseases
is c'xcept.ionally sinall. About. 5 per
cet. of the hogs it the St:ate have
(licet froil cilolea.
c'i'ON ON li.\N0.
It, is estiliatel tihat 2 per cent., or
13,000 bales, of last year's crop is still
in1 the han(ls of the glowers.
I)EClEAsil IN 1'AiIM SU''LiES.
Judging from lthe 'report :4 of the le
partlent s ('s(crresl)onldents, the farn
c'rs of I lie St ate irt(' iii ibtt Ii co1tdi
tioin than evet'r before. Notwith
st"anding the ' cnortous ilcrease iln
the (lutitity of cotimercial fertilizers
purchlased, Ilie deerease in fariit sup.
)lieS purclinse I is p('r (eit. Oin
than lust year.
LA IOt.
There is a scarcity of labor reported
from soie sections, on accotntt of the
enigration of the negro farm lhands
to the turpenltine farms of Georgia
and Florida. Onehumidred and fifty
five correspondents report iabor as
"good," HeveI as '"bad" and sixty-1i o
as "Indiffere'nt."
COMMELICIAL 1EtIIr.LizEss.
1romn Novemb ' 1st, 1889, to April
1st., 1890, a )out 165,000 tois of comi
muercial fe'rtilizers\ were sold in the
State, agaiinst 126,568 tons for the
same period in l889--'89--i iicreas('
of about 31) per celt. over last year,
which would indieate it hge i nerease
of the cotton acreage for 1890.
Corn planttiIg hts b'een finished iii
many sections inI cottont J)lin.iig is
progressinig rapidly.
RANDALL'S SUCCESSOR.
St acto senator .31cA ler, thle 3iust P'romnenot
Cam11liate
Pi1IusEutnu, April 1 7.-There will
be0 a bitter struggle among thle Demuo
cratic hleders of thin city for' thle ('on
trol of the 'oniveintioni whichh will
namie liandall's successor. The din
trict is imd(outbtedly lDeumocratic, but
the fight which is now in prospect
imay result in the electiont of' aL le
dalte as yet is Stte Hetiimtor' William
McAleer, aL shre'wd po)liticianl who hals
bleeni light in g Itndll's fr'iend ao ll his
life. MAleer's fr'iend s claim itfhat
they clio(41 ettol th e dlistricf, but f
Et-auire Mc'Mlhl:n and1( others of'
Rianidals f'rieiids will be agoiHst himit,
as will 111so (x PostmasiterI lHaitty,
who in the' mtost Poten't fator ill the
Democrtic plie i n htS' l this iiy at,
presen'i t.
It is side thatt Go(vernlor' Beaver' will
not or'deri ani el'e'ftion to4 Jill the v'a
e'nne(y, but will allow thle pla(ce to re
main unfilled uti ih le next Liegisla
tui'e mteets, when('1 thei dhistri(t will beV
deied2( by thle Goi ver's'O friendls.
inaitioni if left akmei( in ft' listict,
hbut outside inifh(i('netire likely to de
feat his amtbition. ill' noy get the
hielp of 11he Repult)ic'an macie( inl
his tight. IHalf a1 dozen'i candsidaItes
willI be ini the0 1(4 ildtagin st him, ih ow
(ever. as~ soon ias thle funieral is Over if
--If, would hb' sin gulatr if thet( fir1sf
long distanee elect.i'ic toad shiould b)4
e:stab)ilihed in far'-away R~u ssia. Such
a thing, htow'eer, semis more thanti
probabhle, for' at prioject is ntow on fool,
to 'onneeC(t St. Petersburg with
Ar'chanigel a dlistanci(e of 5000 miles,
b)y an el'ctr'ic rauil way. Thle enter
pise(, witht which thet niamie of thle
Sietmins is conni(ete'd, is backed by
Ar'hnigel initei'ests, and the esti
mated cost of the :vado, inicltudii
rolling stoc'k, wvill be $1 5,0001 tsr
mile.
---The neiw dlisease8, alleged to be ai
stuccessO0i to tlhe gi'ip and1( culled La
Nona, is saidl to lbe a form11 of thle
pellegra, atnd to be' caiutsed by the use
of mtildewed eoin flotur wich'.is con'1
sumed'( ini North It.aly' i the shape of'
polenta. TJhie victimts sink inito at
p)eaceful sleep antd (die unionisciouis,
inteadit of sne(eziing their heatds off
tnnd hiving, as in the grip.